{"product_id":"and-for-a-moment-everything-paul-fearne-9781783827275","title":"And for a Moment Everything Seemed Fine","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnd for a Moment Everything Seemed Fine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Synopsis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a treatise on suffering. It is the contention of this book, that we can use the suffering we encounter to improve our lives. It is a reflex, one that stems from encountering suffering, to a heightening of consciousness that it provides. This heightening of consciousness works to give us the grounds of possibility of improvement. The book argues it is an evolutionary mechanism, one that is steeped in thousands of years of humans encountering suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we encounter suffering, and our consciousness heightens - the mind manifests the conditions for its own improvement - whatever that may include. It could be anything, from a partner, to a job, to a house - to anything really.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can see this movement in the history of art and poetry. People who suffered terribly for their art - like Van Gogh, or William Blake. They suffered, and put their suffering to use making their art great\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is more than that, though. It is a book written in poetic prose, Fearne's favourite mode of writing. Reflections on suffering are interspersed within broader poetic resonances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat will you do with your suffering?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Fearne is a writer living and working in Melbourne, Australia. He has a masters on Beauty, and a PhD on schizophrenia. He has appeared on Radio National, and ABC News 24. He has launched at the Dax Centre. He co-hosted a radio show on 3CR on poetry and mental illness. During the pandemic he was regularly on the Brainwaves show as a guest. He spoke of 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century poets he had written books on. Fearne had suffered through schizo-affective disorder for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Fearne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783827270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783827275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chipmunka Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Paul Fearne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587892392191,"sku":"9781783827275","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_175e9fb2-961b-4bcd-a196-533b136f02ec.jpg?v=1780171186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/and-for-a-moment-everything-paul-fearne-9781783827275","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}